A report shows two dogs died and one was injured after they went in for grooming appointments at a PetSmart in New Jersey.Danielle DiNapoli says she was shocked when employees at the Flemington PetSmart told her to go to a nearby vet an hour after she dropped her bulldog Scruffles off on Dec. 29.According to WPIX, when she arrived at the vet's office, the dog was dead. The vet told DiNapoli that PetSmart employees dropped her off already deceased.“She’s so beautiful and just reliving those moments it’s a trauma. It’s a trauma. I would not want any family to go through it and the most horrifying thing is PetSmart left her there like trash . They just left her there dead, no one was there to answer any questions, no one was there to give us any comfort, no one was there for anything. They just left her there like garbage, dead at the vet,” DiNapoli said.Nearly two weeks after the dog's death, DiNapoli says she still doesn't know how or why her animal died. She started a Facebook page called "Justice for Scruffles."NJ.com reports another woman, Tara Fiet, says her dog Ranger died two days after a Dec. 22 appointment at the same PetSmart. Fiet said her dog was lethargic after coming home from the groomers, and died on Christmas Eve. She had to tell her children on Christmas morning that he had died. David Bolduc says his dog George had a back injury after an appointment.Employees told him that the dog had tried to bite a groomer and needed to be picked up. Bolduc said it was extremely out of character for the dog to bite and the shih tzu was regularly groomed at another business. When he returned home with George, the dog was in extreme pain and was arching his back to keep weight off his hind legs.PetSmart said in a statement that the company is saddened by the loss of the two dogs and the other dog’s injury. The company says an internal investigation found that associates followed all proper procedures.PetSmart says it believes the episodes are unrelated.

FLEMINGTON, N.J. —

A report shows two dogs died and one was injured after they went in for grooming appointments at a PetSmart in New Jersey.

Danielle DiNapoli says she was shocked when employees at the Flemington PetSmart told her to go to a nearby vet an hour after she dropped her bulldog Scruffles off on Dec. 29.

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According to WPIX, when she arrived at the vet's office, the dog was dead. The vet told DiNapoli that PetSmart employees dropped her off already deceased.

“She’s so beautiful and just reliving those moments it’s a trauma. It’s a trauma. I would not want any family to go through it and the most horrifying thing is PetSmart left her there like trash . They just left her there dead, no one was there to answer any questions, no one was there to give us any comfort, no one was there for anything. They just left her there like garbage, dead at the vet,” DiNapoli said.

Nearly two weeks after the dog's death, DiNapoli says she still doesn't know how or why her animal died. She started a Facebook page called "Justice for Scruffles."

NJ.com reports another woman, Tara Fiet, says her dog Ranger died two days after a Dec. 22 appointment at the same PetSmart.

Fiet said her dog was lethargic after coming home from the groomers, and died on Christmas Eve. She had to tell her children on Christmas morning that he had died.

David Bolduc says his dog George had a back injury after an appointment.

Employees told him that the dog had tried to bite a groomer and needed to be picked up. Bolduc said it was extremely out of character for the dog to bite and the shih tzu was regularly groomed at another business.

When he returned home with George, the dog was in extreme pain and was arching his back to keep weight off his hind legs.

PetSmart said in a statement that the company is saddened by the loss of the two dogs and the other dog’s injury. The company says an internal investigation found that associates followed all proper procedures.